How To Tell Pollination Was Successful?

I just made my first go at making my own seeds. I crossed my C-99 with some pollen from my Purple Urkel clone. It got one bud with male flowers, so I clipped it and collected the pollen.

My question is, how can I tell that the pollination was successful? And how long does it take to tell?

The pistils are turning an amber color where I applied the pollen. Is this where my seeds are going to form?

I have been growing for 3 1/2 years and this is my first time making seeds, so I am totally in the dark on what to look for now.

Any help is appreciated.

Bob

im not sure about checking to see if its got seeds maybe wait until harvest day

I realize on harvest day I will be able to tell.

I will be able to tell long before harvest day. I pollinated like 3 branches on 2 different plants. So I should be able to tell the difference between the two branches.

I am looking for early indicators that I did it right.

not a clue!! should look the same as a normal bud i think

The first thing that happens is the hairs actually retract on the buds that got pollenated. And those hairs darken if I remeber correctly.

After that you will notice those calyxes are more swollen compared to others. Don't touch them, just look.

All the hairs on a branch don't retract together, just the ones that received pollen directly.

sweet thas nice to know man

to answer your question it takes a week to see if you did it right and you can tell that there are seeds forming give it a couple weeks after that and you have usable seeds.

OregonMeds said:

The first thing that happens is the hairs actually retract on the buds that got pollenated. And those hairs darken if I remeber correctly.

After that you will notice those calyxes are more swollen compared to others. Don't touch them, just look.

All the hairs on a branch don't retract together, just the ones that received pollen directly.

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That's pretty much how I remember it, but it will take a good 4 weeks for them to mature.
I couldn't see if the seeds were growing as I only lightly pollenated so the buds kept getting bigger and fatter.